Touché

I visited 3 leather bars while here in Chicago. Touché was definitely the worst. The clothes check was located right by the door way under a bright light for all to see. Not the most comfortable place to be removing clothing. They charge you to check clothes...fine but don’t get an attitude when a few times during the night I need to retrieve something from my checked bag. I’m PAYING for a service. The clothes check guy just walked away saying he had to attend to something else. So who’s watching the bags??? I decided then to just take my clothing and leave. The door guys stoped me saying I can’t take my water bottle out the bar with me. It was a $3.50 bottle of water. They should’ve been giving them out for free! You should be encouraging your customers to drink water when needed, not confiscate it. I left the bottle right at the door way and they then threatened to ban me for life if I didn’t pick it up and go back inside to throw it away. Really? I left it right there cause I didn’t care. This was my first and LAST time coming there. Go to jackhammer next door. Much more professional. Cell block was good too.

Cozy wooden saloon bar with friendly bartenders and good drinks. You can see from the art and historical posters that this has been a true community asset since 1971. It’s important we hold our spaces to account while still protecting them for their history and for future generations.

This is an old-school bear/leather/backroom bar that's not changed much, which is kind of cool, and the bartenders are always friendly. Despite some recent controversy, they are extremely inclusive, as is historically and culturally consistent with the bear community

Love the old school vibe and the staff is friendly. I’ll definitely be returning 🙂

Was there on a Saturday afternoon for an event. It was so much fun, I went back at night. Became a very late night for me

I went to this place last night bout 130am. The bartender was this Black guy with broken eyeglasses and was probably drunk as well. He asked me for ID which I provided. He then tells me that the ID is not mine because I look too young to be born in the 70’s. At first I thought he was joking but he was serious. I’m 45 years old. I don’t need to sneak into any bar. Stay away from this place guys. They obviously don’t need customers.

This place hosted a bigoted show, helped the "performer" collect tips, and ignored patrons visibly made uncomfortable by the performance. A bartender quit. Then they said they wanted a town hall where everyone else tells them how to not host racist shows in 2022. It was cancelled and I've heard nothing since. This was a fun place to go for curiosity and I live near here, but they clearly don't care about the rights and saftey of Black people, trans folks, and SA survivors. I would not recommend any Black or brown person come here, nor anyone who cares about them, until they have actually been held accountable. By the way, I've still gotten no news about how they are working to get better, so this review is still very much up to date in 2023.

This bar used to be home to so many people, but this bar hosted a racist entertainer for their anniversary. They then promised a community town hall after our outrage which was cancelled and never rescheduled. The community wanted communication and accountability and this business provided neither. Spend your money elsewhere.